The state search and rescue resource officer shall, with the approval of the director:
A. compile, maintain and disseminate an inventory of resources available in the state;
B. compile, maintain and disseminate rosters of persons, agencies and organizations available for search and rescue purposes;
C. develop a training program for the certification of search and rescue instructors and, by regulation, adopt a system of certification of search and rescue persons;
D. act as contact agent for the state in search and rescue matters;
E. develop and periodically review requirements for insurance coverage for search and rescue volunteers;
F. coordinate the training of mission initiators and field coordinators;
G. maintain records of missions at the state SAR control agency; and
H. submit to the risk management division of the general services department claims for coverage pursuant to Section 13-5-1 NMSA 1978 for damage to personal property of volunteers incurred in the course and scope of an authorized search and rescue mission.
History: 1978 Comp., § 24-15A-5, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 107, § 5; 1979, ch. 202, § 10; 1989, ch. 204, § 18; 2019, ch. 234, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, required the state search and rescue officer to submit insurance claims for search and rescue volunteers' personal property damaged during the course of an authorized mission; and added Subsection H.